Setting mechanism for automobile-lamps.



J. WA TZELHAN. SETTING MECHANISM {QR AUTOMOBILE LAMPS.

APILIOATIONY HL BD sBrT. 24, 1912.

Patented July 22, 1913.

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J. WATZELHAN.

SETTING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMOBILE HAMPS.

APPLIOATION FILLED SEPT. 24, 1912. 1,068,191 Patented July 22,1913

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MECHANISM FUR AUTQMGIBlLE-LAMPS.

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application filed September at, 1912, Serial No. 722,635.

To all whom 2'1 may; concern Be 1t known, that l, JOSEPH lVAT'eaLHaN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and qltate oi blew York, have invented a new and Improved Setting Mechanism for Automobile-Lamps,

' of which the following is a specification.

or smaller distance from the This invention relates to an automobile headlight, which may be turned downward as well as sidewise in a novel and reliable manner, so that turns in the road may receive timely illumination.

in the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a front View of part of an automobile pro vided with my improved headlights; Fig. 2 a plan; .llig. 3 a section on line Fig. 2; Fig. 1 a detail of the ball and socket joint; Fig. adetail of the tappet-coupling,

and Fig. 6 section on line 6 6, F 1.

' lever 15 which is by rod 16 connected toa crank 17 fast on a rock shaft 18 n'iounte'll n bearings 19 and extending in parallelism with car axle 20. llpon shaft 18 is "fast near one end thereof, a collar '21 having a pair of diametrically opposed arms These arms are provided with ballshaped ends-23 engaging correspondingsockets formed in a ring 21. The latter is integral with a forwardly extending lever 25 which is by link 26 connected to a lug 27 extending rearwardly from one of the lamps 10. To the other end of shaft 18, is secured a lever 28 which is by its link 26 connected to the lug 27nd the other lamp. It will thus be seen that by throwing lever 15 backward, shaft 18 will be rocked andlevers 25, 28 will be tilted to correspondingly tilt lamps 10 on their horizontal axes to illuminate the road directly in front of the car. It is of course obvious that the hand lever 15 may be replaced by any other actuating device that may be preferred.

Means are provided for causing the downweirdly tilted lamps to be swung sidewise in unison with the corresponding; movement of the front wheels ot the machine, so that the lamps will timely light up the turns on cross roads and curves. 'lhese n'leans are shown to be actuated by the steering link bar 2?) that operatively connects the front wheels of the car and is operated by steering rod 30 as usual. For coupling the lamps 10 to said bar 529, ring Ed is provided with a rearwardly extending lever arnrll having a claw 39. This clawis adapted to straddle bar 29 intermediate a pair of tappets carried thereby. "Thus when lever 15 is pulled. back to tilt the lamps, arm 31 is lowered and its claw is caused to fall in between. the tappets lt now the steering rod 30 is operated to turn the machine, bar 29 will be shifted and one of its tappets 33 will cause arm 31 and consequently lever to be swung sidewise on balls 3, which. movement will be followed by the cooperating lint; 2-6. Tlhe latter is straddled by the forked rear end of a love; 23% secured to the stem 13 of one of the lamps by screw 35, so that in this way the lamp will be turned about its vertical axis to illuminate the path, in front of the turning car. This movement of the operable lamp is transn'iittcd to the other lamp by a rod 36 pivoted to cranks 3'? that extend rearwardly from the stems 13 ot the two lamps. it will thus be seen that the operator is reqllired only to manipulate the tilting lever 15 prior to talcing a curve, after which the lamps will he turned side wise in conformity with the front wheels o l the car, so that any additioni-il n'ianipuhr tion for lighting up the road in advance of taking the turn is entirely obviated.

1 claim:

1. A device of the cliaractm described, comprising a steering mechanism, an auto mobile lamp normally uncoupled therefrom, means controlled the driver for tilting: said lamp about its horizontal axis. and means for simultaneously coupling the lamp to said steering mechanism, whereby the tilted lamp is caused to turn sidewise in unison with the front car wheels.

2. A device oi the character described, comprising an automobile lamp, a. steering link bar, means for tilting said lamp about its horizontal axis, and means for simi'xltaneously coupling the. lamp to said bar.

3. A device of the character described, comprising an automobile lamp, a. for]; in which said lamp is hung so as to turn about its horizontal axis, a rotatably supported stem depending from the fork, means for j tilting the 'lamp within the fork, a steering rod, and means for simultaneously connecting the stent'operatively to, said rod.

1 turn about its horizontal and vertical a-xes,

Y ver, means for. connecting the .front end 2 comprising an automobile lamp adapted to --a vertically oscillable and laterally mov-' pet's adapted to engaged by the rear end 4. A device of the character described,

turn about its horizontaland vertical axes,

.of said lever. I I

6. Adevice of the character described, comprising an automobile-lamp, a fork in \vhichsai lamp is hung, a rotatably supported stem depending from the fork, a vertically oscillable and laterally movable le of said lever to said lamp and also to said stem, a steering link bar, and means for coupling the rear end of said lever to said bar. i

-7.- A deviceof the character described, comprising an automobile lamp adapted to turn about its horizontal and vertical axes, a rock shaft, means for operating the same, a lever mounted on the rock shaft so as to be vertically oscillable and laterally movable thereon, means for connecting the front end of said lever to the lamp, a steering link bar, and means for coupling the rear endof said lever to said bar. 8. A device of the character turn on its horizontal and vertical axes, a rock shaft, means for operating-the same,

' a lever, a ball and socket-joint intermediate shaft and lever. means for connecting the described, 'comprislng an automobile lamp adapted to front end of said lever to the lamp, a steer l mg link' bar, and means for coupling the rear end of said lever to said bar.

QQA device of the character described, comprising an automobile lamp adapted to turn on its horizontal and vertical axes, a

.rock shaft, a pair of arms extending therefrom and having ball-shaped ends, a

socketed-ring engaged thereby, a lever carrying said ring, means for. connecting" the front end of said lever to the lamp, a

steering link bar, and means for coupling the rear end of said lever to said bar..

10. A device of the character described, comprising a pair 'of automobile lamps adapted to turn on their horizontal and vertical axes, means for operatively connecting said lamps to each other, a steering rod, means for tilting said lamps on their horizontal axes, and means for simultaneously connecting said lamps operatively to said rod, as to turn said lamps sidewise in unison With the front car Wheels.

JOSEPH \VAT'ZELHAN.

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